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Rohingya genocide case to proceed
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Need 1 week to assess situation
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Wasfia 1st Bangladeshi to conquer K2
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Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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‘You cannot remain silent’
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Electricity crisis may worsen
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Al Mahmud passes away
Al Mahmud, one of the major poets of Bangla literature, died around 11:00pm at the Intensive Care Unit of a city hospital yesterday. He was 83.
15 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Military Cooperation: Dhaka, Riyadh sign MoU
Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to further bolster military cooperation.
14 February 2019, 19:44 PM
Upazila polls lost its 'grace'
Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar yesterday said the upcoming “upazila parishad election has lost its grace as it is not participatory”.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Fire at Suhrawardy Hospital: All 1,200 patients evacuated
Around 1,200 patients, including those at the intensive care unit (ICU) and the surgery ward, had to be evacuated from the capital's Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital following a fire yesterday.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Building the 'infrastructure' of the mind
Just as we need the most modern infrastructure for a fast-growing economy so also we need a robust “infrastructure of the mind” to build an advanced knowledge-based society whose fundamental features consists of the ability to differ on the basis of knowledge and think critically on the basis of reason.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Int'l Childhood Cancer Day Today: Love will keep us alive
Seven-year-old Rohan complains of being confined to a bed all day long. At the assurances of his caregivers that he will recover soon enough, Rohan's youthful, wide eyes dart between their faces and the tubes protruding from his arms and leading to a saline drip, placed next to his bed.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Anti-Liberation Role: Jamaat torn over apology question
The rift between the young and senior leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami has widened further over renaming the party and apologising to the nation for its role during the Liberation War, say party insiders.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Unmanned Level Crossings: Where death lies in wait
Two-thirds of Bangladesh Railway's 1,412 level crossings have no designated gatemen, resulting in increased rail-related fatalities.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Thakurgaon Killing: Call for justice
Locals of Thakurgaon's Haripur upazila yesterday demanded punishment of the Border Guard Bangladesh members who opened fire during a scuffle with locals on Tuesday, leaving three dead.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Yaba Smuggling in Cox's Bazar: 500 agents now take full control
A syndicate of around 500 paid agents and carriers, who once oversaw yaba smuggling on behalf of their godfathers and dealers, has now taken control of the trade in Teknaf and Ukhia, the entry points of the drug to Bangladesh.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
A political mistake
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday termed the Jatiya Oikyafront's decision not to join parliament a political mistake and urged the MPs-elect from the alliance to join the House.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Dangerous defiance of kiln law
On the banks of the Halda at Uttar Mohra point, within the boundaries of Chattogram city corporation area, a lone brick kiln emits plumes of poisonous smoke.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Brick kilns top polluter
Brick kilns are the top air polluter in seven major cities in the country, particularly during dry season when most bricks are made, turning the air quality of these metropolises “severely unhealthy”.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Address 'threats to democracy' in Bangladesh
A bipartisan group of six influential US Congressmen has voiced concern over the status of democracy in Bangladesh and called upon the Trump administration to address “threats to democracy” in the country.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Weary Tigers fall at first hurdle
Even before taking the field for the first ODI against New Zealand in Napier yesterday, which Bangladesh lost by eight wickets, the odds were stacked against them as the full squad reached the country only on February 10.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Lights go out on a happy day
It was supposed to be a happy family reunion.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM
2 Manikganj cops held
Two police officials in Manikganj were arrested and placed on a six-day remand yesterday in a case filed over the rape of a woman.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Three killed as BGB opens fire
Three people were killed and at least 16 others suffered bullet wounds yesterday as members of a BGB patrol team opened fire following a scuffle with locals in Thakurgaon's Baharampur village.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Singing along to the song of SPRING
Sometime last week, post-lunch when the rush of vehicles jostling each other to pick up kids from schools had well been over on the streets of Dhanmondi, I was on a rickshaw just like any other lazy winter day.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Crazy pills flying in
Yaba smugglers are now using air routes to carry the crazy pills to the capital from Teknaf, the gateway for the drugs to Bangladesh.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM